Shaw Denies Hall Charge in Inquisition Hearings
Kansas news conference details a legislative probe clash as Governor Hall accuses Shaw of kickbacks tied to state business. Witnesses Frank Harch and Hunsinger recount statements about a one-cent per gallon kickback, while Shaw denies the charges and Hall threatens further action. Hall’s remarks focus on campaign issues and right to work legislation.
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Supreme Court
Hall
Frank Harch
van Vleck
Shaw
Harch
Hunsinger
Kansas City
Topeka
Postal hikes discarded as Congress adjourns
Washington briefs that the administration’s postal rate increase was dropped as Congress plans to adjourn. Meanwhile the House sent to the Senate the $3.77 billion foreign aid appropriation and a social security compromise boosting payroll tax by 0.5 percent starting 1957, with retirement age changes for women and disabled workers. The Senate backed over two billion for military construction but limited military housing funds.
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Eisenhower
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Senate
Oil production exceeds weekly estimate by 582 barrels a day
The figure shows production 582 barrels per day above the prior week's estimate and 10 160 barrels per day above the July allowable set by the Kansas Corporation Commission.
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Son Division
Kansas Corporation Commission
Deaths and funeral for Carol Jean Drake
Carol Jean Drake 16 of Hamilton drowned while swimming at a pond near Hamilton Sunday. Funeral held at Hamilton Baptist Church with burial in Hamilton cemetery. Granddaughter of Charles Yockey Humboldt, she was to be an usher at a wedding practice before the accident. a companion survived.
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Carol Jean Drake
Hamilton
Hamilton Baptist Church
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Charles Yockey
Humboldt
Carl Drake
Carol Jean
Hall and Shaw Debate Plans Uncertain
Gov Fred Hall campaign manager says televised debate on the right to work issue is off for now as channels hold a 9 30 p m slot. Shaw campaign manager says proposal to originate in Kansas City is rejected and rules and moderator are not set. Hall says place should not block the debate while Shaw HQ expects a statement today.
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PEKA
Fred Meek
Fred Hall
Hall
Warren Shaw
Meek
James Pratt
Shaw
Kansas City
Wichita
Shaw Group
Kansas Pipeline Runs For Crude Increases
Kansas pipeline runs of crude oil averaged 345,160 barrels daily in the week ended in Wichita as production and throughput showed gains.
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Kansas
Wichita
Record Wheat Storage Peak In Kansas Harvest
Kansas reports a 256.874 million bushel stock of old wheat in storage on July 1 1956 the highest ever for that date. The figure surpasses the 243.718 million bushels stored a year earlier with most stock held in interior plants merchant mills CCC in transit or in bins under CCC control. Only 2.568 million bushels were stored on farms.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Emporia's 104 Year Old Rhoda Davis Dies
Emporia honors its oldest resident Mrs. Rhoda Davis aged 104 who died at her home. Born a slave in Georgia on January 1 1852 she lived through emancipation era and moved to Texas before settling in Emporia in 1879. She survived by her niece Mrs. Cora Brown.
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Emporia
Davis
Georgia
Fillmore
Texas
Cora Brown
Army Stakes Out Missiles Claim
In testimony before a Senate subcommittee General Maxwell D. Taylor asserts the Army may use any surface to surface missiles without range limits, challenging Air Force primacy in ballistics. He cites the 1948 Key West agreement as supporting Army long range strike and predicts Army missiles will soon provide close support to ground units.
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Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Senate Armed Services
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Symington
DMO
Air Force
Wall Street Steels Lead Mixed Close Amid Strike News
Wall Street session sees steels as pacemakers in a mostly steady market with a late dip after a midday surge. Trading peters out with no broad gains while investors await settlement news on a 26 day steel strike and a list of blue chip issues shows modest moves.
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Sas
Suits to Recover GI Overpayments in Kansas
Six Kansas residents face federal suits to recover GI flight training overpayments. The government seeks 4514 from James A. Hawk of Wichita 4093 from Reinholdt Devies and Lowell Blakey of Garden City 9265 from Herbert and Gene Rawdon of Wichita and Leona Hobaugh formerly Leona Rawdon of Valley Center.
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U. S
James A. Hawk
Reinholdt Devies
Lowell Blakey
Garden City
Herbert
Gene Rawdon
Leona Hobaugh
Leona Rawdon
Valley Center
U S Retail Goods Largely From Domestic Agriculture
Seventy percent of all retail goods in the United States are reported to be products of the soil, highlighting the central role of domestic agriculture in the national economy.
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United States
McKeon Testified Sobriety After Ribbon Creek March Night
Navy doctor testified S Sgt Matthew C McKeon was sober three hours after the night march in which six recruits drowned at Ribbon Creek marsh. He said the blood alcohol test of McKeon showed .015 but he did not credit the result, citing sobriety test normal limits and details of the blood test mechanics.
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Matthew C. McKeon
R. J. Atcheson
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Ribbon Creek Marsh
Keon
Atcheson
Medica
Dr. Atcheson
Tot Drowns in Tub
Catherine Rockhold, one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John R Rockhold, died in a drowning incident at home in Lawrence. The tragedy prompted an investigation by local authorities and the funeral is planned for the family.
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Lawrence
Catherine Rockhold
John R. Rock
Four Youths Charged With Grand Larceny
Four youths three of whom are AWOL soldiers from Camp McCoy Wisconsin were charged with grand larceny in Leavenworth City Court. Identified are Thomas William Silvy 20 Albert Lewis Tarozzi 21 Elton Ross Allen 19 all of Camp McCoy and Alex Darrel Tinnell Knoxville Tennessee. They are held in Johnson County jail at Olathe on a federal charge of violating the Dyer Act.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
Thomas William Silvy
Albert Lewis Tarozzi
Elton Ross Allen
Alex Darrel Tinnell
Knoxville
Tenn
James Russell
Johnson County
Olathe
Dyer
Tragic Bath Death Suspected Household Accident
A young girl drowned in a bathtub yesterday after an older brother turned on the water while the mother was briefly out of the room. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
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Hold
Stolen Wisconsin Car Traced to Kansas Arrest Near Lawrence
Law enforcement stopped a vehicle transporting a motor car stolen in Wisconsin into Kansas. On July 11 officers found a pistol and other items stolen from Bernall Turner’s home near Tonganoxie in the suspects’ possession.
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Wisconsin
Kansas
Lawrence
Bernall Turner
Tonganoxie
U N Troops in Korea Demand Modern Weapons
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee says U N forces in Korea require new weapons to balance the arms imbalance. He notes armistice terms ban both sides from jet warplanes and other advances, while the Communists allegedly bring in fresh weapons to North Korea.
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Syngman Rhee Seys
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Korea
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Republic of Korea
Rhee Comments on Armistice and Atomic Weapons
South Korean leader Rhee remarks on the armistice situation and U N troop role. He does not indicate support for atomic weapons for U N forces. South Korean military spokesmen accuse Red Army of possessing atomic cannons and possibly other nuclear arms.
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Rhee
U. N
Delawareian Personal Income Shares Tax Burden Record
Delaware residents pay fourteen percent of personal income as US income taxes the highest proportion in the nation.
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Delaware
Allen Bargain Store Ad Offers Low Prices
Local notice lists Allen Bargain Store at 5 S Santa Fe with phone 153 offering discounts on daily goods.
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